Contribution Description

INTRODUCTION to LIGHT ENERGY
5th Grade Exploration Lab to discover how a beam of light bends as it travels through different materials.

Level

K-5

Type

Lab

Subject

Physics

Duration

30 minutes

Answers Included

No

Language

English

Standards Compliance

Content Level

Content Standard

K-4

5-8

9-12

Science as Inquiry - A

Physical Science - B

Life Science - C

Earth & Space Science - D

Science & Technology - E

Science in Personal and Social Perspective - F

History and Nature of Science - G

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Comments

What do you think about this activity? How did you use it or change it for your class? Professionally constructive comments welcome.

You have done an interesting job of using this sim for young students. I assume you have them all go to "Reset All" at the beginning because you let them play 5 minutes or so to explore the sim on their own. That is what we have found to be highly effective and one reason we offer the Reset All feature on our sims. 13/03/09Trish Loeblein